from here in my home district of the western addition, lower hate neighborhood, out to the excelsior.ave hosted roundtable meetings with small business forms to provide faces -- spaces were businesses can talk about their concerns and their challenges. today, i am so excited to announce that we are working to make it easier for small businesses to not only survive in san francisco, but to thrive in san francisco. that is what today's announcement is all about. is not just for people to open and run their businesses, but for people to find employment at small businesses and for small business owners and employees to have a seat at the table where we are having -- making the decisions about our budget investments. first, let's take a step back and think about what it means to start a small business in san francisco. i hear from people all the time what a great idea and new innovation they want to do. then they are confronted with bureaucracy at city hall. it is such an incredible challenge. san francisco has loan programs in place that help people through our office of economic and work

not only at excelsior, but the greater san francisco community as well. the club has given me many opportunities and experiences i will carry with me into adulthood. my favorite memory was my first trip to chicago. it was my first time traveling. the club's current city contract does not cover the full scope of work they do with teens like me. in order to continue this critical work we need more funding for comprehensive team programming. it is essential to invest in the youth because we are the leaders of tomorrow. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hello, i am terrel jones, i am 17 years old. i am here today on behalf of of boys and girls of san francisco. i have been a member of the [inaudible] i am part of the advisory council which has shown me how i can make an impact on the boys and girl love with my opinions and ideas you'd last year 378 teens were connected to jobs throughout the club. 100% of core seniors graduated from high school, working 49500 hours of services area - - services. [inaudible] comprehensive team program

police and community leaders gathered at a bakery in the excelsior district. since the brutal attack, that woman is unable to walk and they are trying to raise money to pay for her rehab. a man grabbed her and took her into a home and beat and sexually assaulted her for hours. >> she is fighting every day to recover, she has not given up. that spirit she showed about ca others's safety continues. >> we wish her the best in her recovery. a 47-year-old san francisco man has been arrested. if you want to donate to the victim in the case, the woman, we have a direct link. >> a fire in martinez offers a reminder that the fire season is in full swing around 1:00 a.m. east. firefighters managed to keep it just to five acres. no one was hurt and they are trying to figure out how it started. in the central valley, firefighters gain ground on a fast moving wildfire that burned more than 2400 acres near the town of patterson. no homes have been threatened. >> that's the dew rob. not the high temperatures, but he winsnd thetions. fires getting started at night. we are see

leaders from city hall, the excelsior district and the chinese american community announced plans toelp the victim and her family. one of the police officers who helped catch the attacker described what it was like to talk to her after her ordeal. >> the first thing she said is if i don't say something, do something and this guy is caught, someone else will be a victim. it want do make sure no one else goes through what i did. >> the 74-year-old victim was walking when she was attacked last month. she needed surgery and other treatment to recover from her injuries. >> what a story. terrible for her. a heads up if you're looking the replace your garage door. the rules are changing starting on monday. garage doors in california need to include a backup battery. this was passed in light of the north bay wildfires in 2017. several people died because they couldn't get their garage door open after the power went out. >>> happening today, a viewing party held at avaya stadium forc arinusa and france. team usa is the reigning champion. france is the host nation with th usa has four wins, th

francisco the district attorney is declining to charge two officers for a fatal shooting in the excelsior district. police entered the amazon barbershop last year. body camera footage shows they were confronted by 21-year-old jehiid ayed with a gun. shots were fired and the battle erupted into the street. ayed was shot and died later in the hospital. three others were wounded and one officer was hit in the leg. today the d.a. agreed officers acted in self- defense and will not pursue criminal charges against those officers. ayed's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city in december. >>> tonight b.a.r.t. is on the fast track toward a whopping $1.2 billion grant. the feds ju gave the agency the first chunk of that grant, over $300 million for work on the transbay tube. the grant will fund over 300 new cars and a new train control system. this will allow 30 trains an hour to pass through the transbay tube. that's an increase from the current 23. >> right now between anywhere from 4:00 to 6:00 it's rush hour and the trains are packed, especially going out to antioch, richmond a

but in this case, for some reason, they were okay with me showing this exclusive, extended, excelsiorspider-man: far from home." ♪ >> hey, joe. picking up. >> hey, peter parker, my number one customer. [ cheers and applause ] fourth time this week. >> yeah, well, you know me. i just love dry cleaning. >> that's what i love about you. a lot of these millennials, they don't care about dry cleaning. they got washing machines. disgusting, quite frankly. >> sad. >> really is. anyway, let me get your stuff here. ah, oh. that's you, right? >> that's me. yes. thank you so much. >> all right. >> oh, my god. >> hey kid, listen. it's not my business to get into your personal balls or whatever, but can i ask you a question? >> yeah, sure. >> why do you get your pajamas cleaned every two days? [ laughter ] >> because i, ah -- i sweat a lot when i sleep. i have a sweaty syndrome. sweaty sleep syndrome. >> you're a sweaty betty. >> that's right. that's correct. >> my brother was like that. >> he was? >> oh, yeah. >> shame. >> just like a puddle. we slept on bunk beds. he'd be on top dripping on me a

officers will not be charged for a fatal shooting of a man during a shootout in san francisco's excelsior district last year. investigators say that officers at acted in self-defense when they fatally shot 21 year-old jihad ede that shooting happened back in march of last year at the amazon barbershop right along geneva avenue, this is some love police body cam video from that incident eads family called police to say, but he was threatening them. when police showed up he started shooting that's when officers returned fire, 3 bystanders and an officer were injured in that shootout eads family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city. well to the east bay now an outbreak of dog influenza has forced the oakland spca animal shelter to close its doors. so dog flu is contagious to dogs and cats. it causes a respiratory infection and most also have a mild flulike symptoms bill starts sneezing. the lead nasal discharge and also a lot of coughing. almost all dogs exposed to this virus become infected so the shelter is just they're going to shut down for a few days just as a safety prec

guest: i have not seen a program that is exactly like the excelsior scholarship program, but there have been efforts to provide some sort of tuition assistance in encouraging people to stay there. this is the only one i am aware of where you have to stay in new york for a year for every year that you get a scholarship. host: let's open up our phone lines. let's talk to michael who is calling from pennsylvania. michael, good morning. caller: good morning. that was very good, thank you. think as your guest basically have aou need to hva -- combination of governments, private industry, and local government to get involved. you need all three people to start aggressive programs to try to redevelop these types of areas that have solely concentrated on the coal mining industry. there has to be a transformation. and people have to take that step. i think a lot of people are resistant because it has been there so long. these, thenly having government and private industry get together, but also the population. you have to make them aware of the fact that this is not your future. i think that is

for example, on duluth street, in the excelsior in supervisor safai's district, we were able to help people find housing, connect them to navigation centers, fix their r.v.s and actually in some instances connect people to relatives in other cities, where they could find stability. i've also, as you said, committed additional resources, including $1 million in this upcoming budget for a pilot program. to help triage and try and bring people to one location. [bell ringing] this will help us learn more about the population and the barriers to housing. and, you know, again it's -- it's easier sometimes said than done. especially when the conversations are had with individuals and the offers are made. some people may not necessarily trust it initially, but i will commend our homeless outreach team for their work and going back and trying over and over again to get people to help in the support they need. this has been a real challenge for our city as a whole. and we will continue to invest resources and do everything we can to address the issue. >> thank you. >> supervisor wallton, you m

my name is darrell, i go to a high school in the excelsior district.n on going to san jose state and majoring in biology. [applause] >> hello, i go to mission high school,. [applause] >> my name is camille, i go to wallenberg high school, and i plan to attend george washington university pursuing premed. [cheers and applause] >> my name is charles peacock, i am currently at haydn be wheels, i will be attending ccsf and plan on transferring to h.b.c. you, i'm not sure yet. [cheers and applause] >> my name is eric davis, i go to galileo high school, and will be attending san francisco state university, and will be majoring in computer science. [applause] >> i don't see any other recipients are here tonight. this is a busy time of year for our young folks, and they had some other appointments. but know that we are very, very pleased. and i know you were very pleased to see these young folks. the world is in good thanks -- good hands. thank you for sharing. [applause] >> thank you so much, ms. marshall and students. the next group is from the latin america

we are now reaching out to expand our services, free level and civil services to excelsior and to the fillmore districts. this money i feel will be very well spent in helping us do this expansion and help people like they helped myself and many others here in my community. i am now a three-year board member, and i am on the westbrook apartments tenants association. i'm the treasurer. so i don't know what to say about this organization, but they have been a god send, so i appreciate you listening to us and hope that you will consider us on the budget. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is claudia, and i am going to talk in behalf of open door legal, as well. i had a case with them. i am a witness of what they can do for someone that needs legal help. i -- my kids were really complicated because it involves different type of things like domestic violence, restraining order, homelessness, and also i was about to lose my kids, and i was -- i came to hope door legal, like, two, three days before think child -- they took my kids, and they did an amazing job. after looking fo

i've had the privilege of working with and knowing that works at monroe elementary school in the excelsior. he's been there since 2001. he was born in nairobi, kenya. his parents were working in the peace corps. and he lived there for about six months in the early 70s and moved back to the bay area settling here in the late 70s. he attended public school all the way to graduation. as a young child, mr. rosenberg had many career dreams -- this is important because he's incorporated these into all the work he does. teacher, firefighter, teacher, rock star, writer, teacher, professor, actor, depressing singer-songwriter, and always back to teacher. if any of you know mr. rosenberg or if any of you have visited had is class -- i see parents and friends in the audience -- he incorporates every single one of these into his -- of these professions into his unique style of teaching, which the kids absolutely adore. just as a little footnote, when i visited his class, he has a wall and a microphone where he asks the kids if they have any jokes to do standup comedy and incorporate that into the dail

i am a native of san francisco born and raised in excelsior. single mom. i bought my condo in 2007. i am in opposition of this for a few reasons. one. the crime in this neighborhood still exists. i have witnessed two deaths, one active as it was happening. gunshots at night. drinking at the shoreline park. you can't walk down there. if i go down there there are people partying and drinking and acting erratic. sexual activity in cars. myself experienced a gentleman in my car broke in night. my daughter woke up in the morning to go to school and she screams. we run back to the condo. this still exists in the community. i don't think anybody is not in favor of the cannabis dispensary but this neighborhood is not ready for a dispensary. when i come home from work sometimes, sometimes i workdays, sometimes nights. i think about ducking in my car because i don't know when the next gunshot is going to ring out. because i work my butt off to buy a piece of property in san francisco. why do you smell like pot right now? i smelled it. don't go there. traffic in the parking there is a liquor s

i am i'm from the excelsior district. i certainly feel what she has to say. a feeling likes a very well-designed program, and hopefully it is executed well. a couple of things i want to get out really quickly, first, last week, i should apologize to commissioner taylor. she specifically asked if we had any updates on the basketball score last week. i provided none. i will tell you the st. louis blues are up 2-0 against the bruins. that said, there were some notes from ddo. i would say we had this conversation about one changes its name, there is a minor change to the others that need to be changed. i know this may seem arduous, but either one, you used this thing called find and replace. now it doesn't make sense. you do need to consider it. or if it truly is that easy, find and replace is not that difficult in order -- >> you are jumping around the calendar a little bit. we hadn't talked about this. >> there were notes in the duccio. i will go catch the end of the game. any other public comment? public comment is closed. >> item two. investigative services,

70s and 80s and 90s saw a move to the richmond the sunset district and more recently out to the excelsiorell as the ensuring u bayview so chinese family living all over the city and when he grape it was in this area. >> we're united. >> and growing up in the area that was a big part of the my leave you know playing basketball and mycy took band lessons and grew up. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> allergies welcome to the community fair it kicks off three weeks of celebrations for the year and let's keep everybody safe and celebrate the biggest parade outside of china on february 11th go best wishes and congratulations and 3, 2, 1 happy enough is enough. >> i grew up volley ball education and in media professional contrary as an educator he work with all skids whether or not caucasian hispanic and i african-american cumber a lot of arrest binge kids my philosophy to work with all kids but being here and griping in the chinese community being a chinese-american is important going to american school during the day but went to chinese school that is community is important working with all

they're working toward opening a second location in the excelsior near mission and ocean, which again, would be a first dedicated space within our daas provider representation. they have the institutional abt to provide assistance with -- ability to provide assistance in housing, consumer rights, immigration. but they're looking to focus their efforts on this grant to helping clients with elder law issues. this is including estate planning, probate, power of attorney, physical and financial elled are abuse. -- elder abuse. language capacity is spanish and cantonese in house. they do use volunteers which can enhance language capacity, but they also utilize a language access line service to ensure that all languages can be served. >> thank you. any comments or questions from the commission? >> it's great there is an office on the bayview. >> president serina: thank you. any other comments or questions. any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, may i have a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> second. >> president serina: thank you. any further discussion? call the question,

that's where leaders from city hall, the excelsior district and the chinese american community revealed their plans to help the victim and her family. one of the police officers who helped catch the suspected attacker talked today about speaking with the victim in a dialect they share. >> and the first thing she said was, if i don't say something, if i don't do something, and if this guy is not caught, someone else will be a victim. i want to make sure that no one else goes through what i did. >> the victim has needed surgery and other treatment to recover from her ordeal. >> also new at 6:00, we're getting an inside look at the planning that goes into san francisco's pride parade. it's this sunday. the parade starts at 10:30 in the morning. it goes down one of the city's busiest streets, that's of course market street, from embarcadero to civic center. abc7 news reporter kate larson has more. >> reporter: pride weekend is officially upon us and this is the 49th annual of san francisco's pride celebration. it's also the 50th anniversary of new york city's stonewall riots which were the

which are the richmond and marina, pacific heights, western edition, bernal, the excelsior.so we have a lot of work to do with respect to the geographic participation. we found that people -- just to go back a little. we did almost 30 focus groups in this process. with edid community -- we did community meetings, forums in every district, every supervisor district. we also did a paper and electronic survey and a phone survey that was random. so we got a lot of good information from that process. we found that people want opportunities to build connection within their communities and among their neighbors. and that a lot of that need was really neighborhood focus. people want things in their own neighborhoods. so the report included a couple of recommendations. expand the objectives of existing services to incorporate opportunities for community building and social interaction. including multicultural and intergeneration intersections. and expand appropriate services to address the needs for adults with disabilities and consider specific outreach strategies and services to en

scenarios, whether you are on the mission, whether you are in north beach, whether you are in the excelsior, whether you are in oceanview, and i really, i think it would be a great idea if you passed it and supported it any other public comment on this item we -- >> any other public comment on this item? public comment is now closed. >> two questions. one is, other districts which have looked for governors, if you will, to control the size of expansions and related to context and character of the neighborhood reduce height limits, you know, from 40 down to 30. was that discussed here? >> we did not discuss reducing height limits. we thought that we could control the size of buildings through sar. >> in san francisco, that has been applied to nonresidential units, but this is the first time ever for a residential unit >> that is correct. >> commissioner richards? >> i have heard a lot about this , and i was a fan until i saw a project proposed in my neighborhood on market street between church and sanchez for a five bedroom unit at 750 square foot per unit. i am now in favor of actual bedroo

abc 7 news was at a bakery on mission street where leaders from city hall, the excelsior district andn community announced plans to help the victim and her family. one of the police officers who helped catch the suspected attacker described what it was like to talk to the victim after her or deal. >> the first thing she said is if i don't say something, do something and this guy is caught, someone else will be a victim. i want do make sure no one else goes through what i did. >> the 74-year-old victim was walking when she was attacked last month. she needed surgery and other treatment to recover from her injuries. >> a heads up if you're looking the replace your garage door. the rules are changing starting on monday. garage doors in california need to include a backup battery. this was passed in light of the north bay wildfires in 2017. several people died because they couldn't get their garage door open after the power went out. >>> now to your money morning report. u.s. air safety regulators discovered a new flaw in an updated computer system that may keep the boeing 737 max grounde

officers will not be charged for the fatal shooting of a man during a shootout in san francisco's excelsioristrict last year. investigators say the officers acted in self-defense when they fatally shot 21 year-old jihad feed. the shooting happened back in march of last year at the amazon barbershop on geneva avenue. this is police body camera video of the incident. now eads family called police to say that he was threatening them. and when officers showed up he started shooting and that is when officers fired back 3 bystanders and an officer were injured in that shootout each family though has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city. police are investigating a hate crime that happened in a parking lot near sunnier it's near the son dale drive area in fremont police arrested 55 year-old john maddah they say that he threw rocks at 2 men hitting one who was wearing a traditional muslim least half for men after that the victim and his friend confronted matter and that is when police say matic commanted on the victim's ethnicity and told him that day weren't allowed to be there. >>5.34 t